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'Woman’s Realm ,=:- Social and Personal -:- Fashions

-:- Literature

OCTOBER 25; 1935

CHAPTER l1

the Census Office. The Job re-

. nd conscience chided her for in- ; tention and general lack of in- §rest.

:She knew what was behind it, or Until she had come to

UYSE. ashington, her life had been un- Felievably simple. But m the little

re than two months hero too

uch had happenedlroo many loose

dhds were waiting to be picked up, flit in pluce. She was living in an

atmosphere of suspense and every new day seemed to increase the

snslon- ‘Mollie went around with an ex- ession of awed expectancy. Every gne the telephone rang, she told km, she was prepared to hear that one Runbrecker had been ar- ted. Mollie's friend at police adquarters had made no accusa- tions, but she felt that the police Believed they had enough circum- stantial evidence to send Deane to we chair. But they wanted more . . On the strength of their discoveries immediately after Fuhrman Wells‘ death, they could have arrived at o other decision than that the man gok hisownife. Nowtheyooud not _k the poszlbilty of another lnis- ke. If they were to arrest Deane flir murder, they must be able to mnvict . . . Ann worried about this tragic thing that had come into her

e.

yThen there was Bill . . . He was wonking, reguarly, feverishly-—-but k9 had not come back to the apart- gent. And Selma Runbrecker, dur- g an unexpected visit one evening jihen Ann was alone, dropped the glemafic that she had rim into Bill fild "a silly little platinum blonde"

It the Old Woman's Shoe. '3 That visit from Selma troubled ‘Ann more than she liked to admit. Bhe had sensed from the first the tensity of suppressed feeling behind Selmals loose-jointed chatter. Then, when Ann least expected it, Selma ‘ad burst into tears . . . It was Earl, of course. ‘They had been so Incredibly happy before Rita came. Carl had promised to give up his ob in the Departmult of Justice nd enter one of her father's branch ‘dances m the Midde West. They . fiould have been married by now . .

,“W-hy can't she let him alone? 17h, why doesn't she let him alone _ . .!" She had gotten to her feet and almost shouted, "She doesn't love him the way I do . . i She doesn't know what love is . . . She couldn't know and- do what she's idolng to me . . .i"

' Torn between sympathy for Selma find loyalty to Rita, Ann thought iihe made a very clumsy Job of it itrying to keep to a. neutral middle-

ound: but when Selma was seat-

‘d again and Jess agitated, she told fier. truthfully:

4 “Rita isn't in love with Carl, *elmo. I've known Rite. a long time and I've seen this happen before.

t's a love of conquest, or some- ' ing of the sort. She's beautiful

_nd she's spoiled. The most desir- able man in the world could grovel I111 the dirt at her feet and she wouldn't be interested unless she q ew he would be hard to get." ~ selma was not looking at Ann, fiut she as listening with apparent Qagerness.

Z "If l’. were you," said Ann, "I’d jet Carl have a free hand and never ‘jhow my feelings to either Carl or . . t's my guess that the day

Rita discovers you're no longer in- terestcd in Carl-or thinks she

does-si1e'll drop him Ske a hot

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from: really think that, Arm?" But Selma knew without asking that Ann was being honest with her. She

, knew this, and she was grateful, a . gfact made clear to Ann e. little later xvhen Selma was getting into her

‘coat’. "

“Arm? she said with genuine feel- eing. "I'm awfully sorry I had to tell the police who was in the crowd at thaqeflectmg pool that night . . ‘. I didn't want to. Really I didn't. But I was afraid. They'd been question- ing-me and Deane so . . ."

"You did exactly right," Ann de- clared But she didn't want to en-

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courage a review of this increasing- ly rellullmnt story, and oh impulse she said, "I suppose Mollie told you about her ‘Boston tea party?"

Mollie hadn't, of course, so Ann, of necessity, outlined the. plan to motor to Boston to attend Lee Mon- day's debut as a lecturer.

"Rita and I don't know t-hat we can get away from the office, but 1f we manage it, we're all going to New York the first day and on to Boston the next. Lee's act Boss on Monday night, so I imagine -we'll leave here Saturday morning and be back in Washington Wednesday night"

Selma grinned her delight. "What a partyi" she said. “I suppose she'll want me to take my car?"

And that was why Ann found it necessary to explain to Mollie later that night, “She simply took it"for granted that you included her in the crowd. I could have kloked my- self for ever mentioning the trip."

But Mollie only smiled. “It's prob- ably just as well," she said. “My first idea was that you and Rlta and- Bill and I would go in Bill's car; but if Selma takes her car, we can in- clude curl. He might have resented it if we had left him out."

O l I I O l

So Ann sat in the Census office and frequently indulged in self- conciemnation for permitting her thoughts to stray so far and so= often from her job . . . And almost before she realized it, she saw by the calendar that it was Thurscinyp the thirteenth; and that afternoon‘ Rita told- her she had just arranged‘ for them both to be away from the

office from Saturday through Wednesday. Only now did Ann understand

how little fascination the Boston trip held for her. She had not ans- wered Lee's telegram and she was not aware that Mollie had done so until Friday evening when she re- turned to the apartment and Mollie handed her Lee's second wire: “Would like nothing better in this world than to fly Ann back from Boston but impossible as I have agreed to handle full cargo of alleg- edly tremepdous importance stop will explain when l’. see you stop think your plan to give infant lec- turer big hand a swell idea stop but mind you no necking stop Love to

Ann. LEE."

“You mustn't be angry with me, Ann, “Mollie sold quickly when she saw the color rising in Ann's cheeks], "I knew you wouldn't do it and I! did so want you and Lee to nave a5 chance to talk things out" '

"I'm not angry," Ann said. quiet- ly.Nor was she; but she did wish that something might happen to make it impossible for her to go to Bos- ton. She and Lee had nothing to talk out. Their being thrown to- gether alone in the mountains after the crash had simply swept them off their feet in an emotional ex- patience over which neither had any control. Lee's mother had, un- consciously made her realize that . . And then, of course, there was —- Bill . . ." ‘No, I'm not angry, “she repeated as gently as before. “I'm just tired and confused and—and hungry."

Laughing Mollie put an orm about Ann's shouders. “All right," she said. "Go lie down" while Rita and I scramble up a meal."

Ann went into the bedroom, but she did not lie down. Instead she sat by the window gazing out across the city, conscious only of the hun- ger of her heart for love of the man before whom she had twice humil- iated herself. But even while she in- dulged that aching longing, she told herself that she would not give Bill Hudson a third opportunity to show his contempt for her.

A less familiar voice than Rites and Mollle's came to her from the living room and a little later Rita opened the door and called her name. "Dinners ready and Selmas here," she said.

Selma greeted Ann by unexpect- edly klsing her on the cheek. ‘They were all a little startled, but Ann thought she dlvlned the reason as she observed Selmivs changed at- titude toward Ritu. It was "Rita, my dear . . ." and “Rita. sweet . ." and "You lovely thing, you . . ."

When Selma had gone, Mollie said over her coffee cup, ‘You didn't conle out in time to hear the g-rand news, Ann . . Brother Deane is going to Boston with us. Selma looked as if she expected us to cheer when she made the an- nouncement. I suppose there's noth- ing for us to do but pretend we don't know he's about to be nabbed for murder."

Ann shuddered-

"That's all a lot of foolishness," Rita said. "Deane hasn't the moral courage to do a thing like that . . . What do they base their suspicions on, I'd like to know?"

"On more circumstantial evidence than you could put in an ordinary novel-length book," Mollie replied. "A dozen violent quarrels between Deane and Fuhrman-two of them over Fuhrman's unwelcome atten- tions to Selma. At least Selma. says they were unwelcome. I didn't even

know Fuhrman had ever looked at a woman if he could avoid it . . . Then, Deane's part in Selmas little Joke at the reflecting pool. Selma has admitted that it was Deane who took the dummy to the pool. She told Bill, you remember, she did it herself, and alone . . . But the most damaging piece of evidence they've uncovered is the key to Pullman's apartment which they found In Deane’: pocket. Deane in- sill: Fuhrman gave him the key when they were on better terms. He says he used to hold an occas- tonal. poker party there when he wanted to invite the sort of friends his father wouldn't have welcomed . Buir-"Mollie paused

re the party — a mat- seven hours before

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owed him forty dollars and he went there to collect it. Fuilrnlan ‘xnsift

there, but the janitor of the build- ing snw Deane coming out

through n peep-hole at police read. quarters."

"But Why is that so terribly im- poriunt?“ Rita asked.

Mollie said, slowly, “It might prove that all the evidence in Fuhr- mall's apartment that originally led the police to think Ffilhrman had til-ken his own life was carefully planted by Donne , , , '

“I thought," Ann said, "they had traced that lust telephone cull to Fuhrmzufs apartment. ’I'he call that asked the Senator to come to the pool and identify the body . Deane couldn't have made call."

_Mollle nodded, shilling. “Bright girl, Ann. Deane tvas out of the house for about fifteen minutes just before that call came in. But he was there three nlinutees after Carl look the message over the phone and even the police admit he could not have come from Fuhrmalfs apartment in less than twenty minutes. If they could tie Deane up with that call, they'd put him in a cell this minute." ‘

(To Be Continued.)

THE COOK ‘S CORNER

STUFFED HEART, BAKED

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1 beef or calves‘ heart

l cup bread crumbs

1 small onion, chopped

‘s teaspoon salt

‘,1 teaspoon pepper

4 tablespoons butter dissolved in h. cup hot water

Method: Wash meat well and 1e- move veins, arteries and blood clots. Make a stuffing of the bread crumbs, onioll, salt, pepper, butter and hot water. Stuff the heart cavity, enlarging it somewhat 1f ncc- cssal-y. Sow up securely with cord, sprinkle well with salt, roll in flour and brown in hot fat. Place a Dutch oven or waterless cooker, add 1 cup hot Wlter, cover closely and cook slowly for about 3 hours. Add slight- ly more water if necessary, but only enough to prevent burning. There should be almost no liquid left when meat is done. Serve with to- mato sauce or a gravy made of i tablespoon flour added to the glaze in the pan and l cup hot water.

2 sprigs parsley

Salt. pepper, cloves

Method: Wipe the meat with a dump cloth. Brown lt well in o. small amount of fat in the Dutch oven or cooker. Add ll cup hot water, cover tightly and cook slowly for about 2 hours. Then acid the onion and car- rots which have been chopped, the celery, tomatoes and parsley. Sea- son well with salt and pepper and add 2 or 3 whole cloves, and con- tinue cooking for another hour or longer, until meat is very tender.

STUFFED PORK TENDERLOIN

2 tenderlolns, weighing about l lb. each

1 large apple

3 tablespoons cracker crumbs

1 cup ehoped cooked prunes

3 tablespoons raisins

l egg, well beaten

Salt, pepper

1 teaspoon sugar

Method: Have the tenderloin split and flattened by the butcher. Sprin- kle each one with salt and peper. Peel and core the apple‘ and chop coarsely. Chop the prunes and rais- ins" and mix all together with the cracker crumbs, sugar and beaten esg. Heap on to one tenderloin, lay the other on top and tie firmly with cord. Place in an open roasting pan and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour in a 350 deg. I". oven. Baste fre- quently with a V. cup water, to which are added 2 tablespoons but- ter.

PLAN CENTS-NAB!’ FOB GOOD QUEEN . ‘LONDON. Oct. 23-(C.P.)-A Victorian Centenary Loan Exhibi- tion is being lfllfllbd for 1987 to celebrate the centenary of the ac- cession of Queen Victoria. The exhibition will be mainly il- lustrative of women's activities during the reign, and it is hoped to reproduce the Victorian atmos- phere throughout the exhibition. The proceeds will be given to Kim's College Hospital, which was found-